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The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
The International Monetary Fund warned Nigeria on Wednesday, 14 October, that restoring blanket petrol subsidies would bleed public finances and shower public funds onto the wealthy. Speaking at the fund’s annual meetings in Bangkok, Fiscal Affairs Director Rodrigo Valdés told finance ministers that shielding fuel prices from reality costs developing states up to 1.5 per…
Specialist naval divers and air crash investigators pulled fresh mechanical debris from the swampy crash site of a Nigerian Air Force ATR 42-500 transport aeroplane in Igbokoda, Ondo State, on Wednesday, 14 October. Multi-agency salvage teams deployed orbital radar scans, mud dredging pumps, and acoustic hydrographic sweeps across the coastal creek to retrieve critical flight…
A forensic witness told a Kaduna State High Court on Tuesday that conspirators set aside 600,000 dollars to halt an anti-graft inquiry into former governor Nasir El-Rufai. Digital examiner Segun Kayode testified that intercepted telephone recordings exposed plans to pay 500,000 dollars directly to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission staff alongside a 100,000-dollar cut for…
Nigerian singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has called on President Bola Tinubu and his son, Seyi Tinubu, to pay him additional money following his participation in an All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign rally in Lagos. The singer made the demand after the rally, held at Onikan Stadium on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, where…
Nigerian singer Afunso Ridwan Abiola, popularly known as Rolex Dee, has regained his freedom after spending more than three months in detention over allegations of defamation involving Fuji musician Taiwo Akanbi Adebisi, popularly known as Taye Currency. His release was announced on Tuesday by MC Bokujaka, who had been leading the social media campaign calling…
The Federal Government plans to borrow up to N5.75 trillion from the domestic bond market before the end of 2026, according to the Debt Management Office’s provisional issuance calendar for the fourth quarter. The plan follows a nine-month period in which bond allotments more than doubled. If fully raised, the new offers would equal…
Two weeks after the Nigerian Postal Service switched on the National Digital Alphanumeric Postcode System, Nigerians can now search for their homes on a government map and retrieve an 11-character code tied to the exact building where they live. The system, launched nationwide on October 1, is the Federal Government’s latest attempt to solve…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given political parties until October 24, 2026 to challenge the omission of their candidates from the final list for the 2027 governorship elections. The commission says it left out parties that failed to submit membership registers, applying a Supreme Court judgment that made the requirement binding. The…
Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe has confirmed that the body is considering a return to a two-year Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), barely 10 months after he announced that the tournament would move to a four-year cycle. The possible reversal has sharpened questions about his leadership, with claims surfacing this week that…
Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has ordered the fumigation of the Igbokoda River and the distribution of nose masks and health kits to residents, nine days after a Nigerian Air Force aircraft plunged into the waterway and killed all 25 people on board. The directive was announced on Wednesday in a statement signed by…